Swift 4 : Cannot call value of non-function type '[Self.Element.Type]' when instantiating associated type array - swift

I was doing some exercises on Xcode 9 beta 2 Swift 4 from this article (https://www.uraimo.com/2016/01/06/10-Swift-One-Liners-To-Impress-Your-Friends/) when I came across an error while doing item no. 6:
extension Sequence{
typealias Element = Self.Iterator.Element
func partitionBy(fu: (Element)->Bool)->([Element],[Element]){
var first=[Element]()
var second=[Element]()
for el in self {
if fu(el) {
first.append(el)
}else{
second.append(el)
}
}
return (first,second)
}
}
Xcode 9 was throwing an error in the following lines:
var first=[Element]()
var second=[Element]()
The full error is below:
error: Swift-Playground.playground:6:29: error: cannot call value of non-function type '[Self.Element.Type]'
var second=[Element]()
The error persists even if I remove the typealias and use the full Self.Iterator.Element type.
This code works perfectly on Swift 3. I see no reason why it shouldn't work on Swift 4. Can someone help me out if it's a change in Swift 4 in terms of handling associated types and if so, what's the alternative to instantiate the array.

In Swift 4, protocol Sequence already defines the
associatedtype Element where Self.Element == Self.Iterator.Element
so you can just remove the
typealias Element = Self.Iterator.Element
to make it compile.

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Cannot convert value of type 'String' to expected argument type '_?'

So I'm struggling with Swift generics. I'm trying to create an instance of a struct that is defined in a different module. The struct has a generic type for it's property.
Module code:
public struct MyModuleResponse<T> {
let payload: T?
}
Main target code:
#import MyModule
....
let payload = "Something"
let result = MyModuleResponse(payload: payload)
This results in the error:
Cannot convert the value of type 'String' to expected argument type '_?'
If I declare an indentical version of the struct in the main target:
public struct MyOwnResponse<T> {
let payload: T?
}
let payload = "Something"
let result = MyOwnResponse(payload: payload)
No error and builds as expected.
My setup:
Xcode 10.0
Swift 4.2
Example project can be found here: https://github.com/cameroncooke/generics
Any one that can help me understand what is going on here would be really apreciated.
Also would be useful to know what Swift means by type _, what does _ represent. The error message is very ambigous and doesn't really give any clues.
As Dávid said payload variable must me Optional.
Swift initializer default protection level is internal. You need to set protection level for MyModuleResponse initializer to public.
public init(payload: T?) {
self.payload = payload
}

Why can’t you use a generic Self reference in a Swift 3.2/4 KeyPath typealias?

Why can’t you use a generic Self reference in a Swift 3.2/4 KeyPath typealias?
Example: the below code compiles unless you uncomment the line marked // B. Why? From what I can reason, the line marked // B should mean exactly the same thing as the line marked // A, due to the statement typealias Path<T> = KeyPath<Self,T>.
Am I missing something here, or is this a Swift compiler bug?
protocol Fooer {
associatedtype T
typealias Path<T> = KeyPath<Self, T>
var baz: T { get }
}
protocol FooPathContainable {
associatedtype F: Fooer
associatedtype T where F.T == T
var fooerPathA: KeyPath<F,T> { get set } // A
var fooerPathB: F.Path<T> { get set } // B <— causes compiler crash with Segmentation Fault 11
}
root, value of keypath, inside angular brackets, is required to declare a keypath. It is like declaring Array with type in Swift.
This should work:
var fooerPathB: F.Path<F, T> { get set }

Swift 4 custom generic struct with optional array behaves strange?

I'm migrating a larger codebase to Swift 4. It includes a custom type that implements a matrix. In Swift 3.1 everything works well and as expected.
I was able to reduce the problem to two small code blocks. The first one defines the struct:
struct Matrix<Element> {
var array:[Element?] = []
mutating func setup(repeatedValue:Element) {
let fooTemp = Array<Element?>(repeating: repeatedValue, count: 10)
self.array = fooTemp
}
}
The problem itself comes when I add the Sequence implementation:
extension Matrix: Sequence {
typealias Iterator = AnyIterator<Element?>
func makeIterator() -> Iterator {
return AnyIterator(array.makeIterator())
}
}
As soon as the Sequence implementation is part of the code, I get a compiler error in the line self.array = fooTemp:
Cannot assign value of type '[Element??]' to type '[_?]'
I know, that I can fix this issue by using let fooTemp = Array<Element> in the code. The type inference does not respect this and make fooTemp an Array<Element?>.
What's going on here? Compiler shenanigans?
The issue occurs in Swift 3.2 as well.
The Sequence protocol defines
/// A type that provides the sequence's iteration interface and
/// encapsulates its iteration state.
associatedtype Element where Self.Element == Self.Iterator.Element
and that causes a conflict, since your Self.Iterator.Element is
Element?. Choosing a different name for your generic placeholder
solves the problem.

Swift compiler segmentation fault when building

Adding a (convenient) computed height property to UIView in my UIViewExtension.swift file is causing the Swift compiler to segfault... What could possibly be going wrong here?
0 swift 0x00000001061e5608 llvm::sys::PrintStackTrace(__sFILE*) + 40
1 swift 0x00000001061e5af4 SignalHandler(int) + 452
2 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x00007fff894da5aa _sigtramp + 26
3 libsystem_platform.dylib 0xb03939841e997c88 _sigtramp + 2504775416
4 swift 0x00000001064c8bb9 swift::NominalTypeDecl::getMembers(bool) const + 41
5 swift 0x00000001055efab9 swift::irgen::ClassMetadataLayout<(anonymous namespace)::FindClassMethodIndex>::addClassMembers(swift::ClassDecl*) + 329
6 swift 0x00000001055e97b2 swift::irgen::emitVirtualMethodValue(swift::irgen::IRGenFunction&, llvm::Value*, swift::SILType, swift::SILDeclRef, swift::CanTypeWrapper<swift::SILFunctionType>, swift::ResilienceExpansion) + 434
7 swift 0x00000001056550d3 swift::SILVisitor<(anonymous namespace)::IRGenSILFunction, void>::visit(swift::ValueBase*) + 42611
8 swift 0x000000010564a266 swift::irgen::IRGenModule::emitSILFunction(swift::SILFunction*) + 8678
9 swift 0x00000001055cb6f8 swift::irgen::IRGenModule::emitGlobalTopLevel() + 184
10 swift 0x00000001056376e3 performIRGeneration(swift::IRGenOptions&, swift::Module*, swift::SILModule*, llvm::StringRef, llvm::LLVMContext&, swift::SourceFile*, unsigned int) + 1859
11 swift 0x0000000105638033 swift::performIRGeneration(swift::IRGenOptions&, swift::SourceFile&, swift::SILModule*, llvm::StringRef, llvm::LLVMContext&, unsigned int) + 51
12 swift 0x00000001055aa65a frontend_main(llvm::ArrayRef<char const*>, char const*, void*) + 4842
13 swift 0x00000001055a935d main + 1533
14 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8a82e5fd start + 1
 
1. While emitting IR SIL function #_TFCSo6UIViewg6heightSd for 'anonname=0x7ff422892fd0' at <path redacted>/UIViewExtension.swift:60:5
<unknown>:0: error: unable to execute command: Segmentation fault: 11
<unknown>:0: error: swift frontend command failed due to signal (use -v to see invocation)
Command /Applications/Xcode6-Beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/swift failed with exit code 254
If more information is needed to crack this, just comment. Thanks!
Edit:
Here's a related .xcodeproj that returns this question's compiler error. Download here
I had this error because I was doing this :
if(currentMeal?.State == .Deleted){
}
instead of
if(currentMeal!.State == .Deleted){
}
so I think optional not unwrapped in if condition can cause this error
When you run into a compiler segfault in Swift, you don't get a handy line number and error message. Here's how you can track the problem down:
Create a new file called SegFaultDebugger.swift in your project.
In this new file, define an extension to the class that's giving you problems.
Move a group of methods from the main file to SegFaultDebugger.swift.
Compile.
At this point, one of three things happens:
You still get the segfault in the original file: Move the methods from SegFaultDebugger.swift back to the original file and move a different set of methods into SegFaultDebugger.swift. Repeat
You get a segfault in SegFaultDebugger.swift: Great! Now use binary search to pin the segfault down to a specific method until you can figure out what construct is causing it.
You get meaningful compiler errors: Great! Fix the errors. Once everything compiles, move your methods back into the original file.
I got this error while extending one of my protocols and mistyped and optional type argument.
protocol SomeProtocolName: class {
var someProtocolVariable: String { get set }
func someProtocolFunction(someProtocolVariable: String)
}
// MARK:
extension SomeProtocolName {
func someProtocolFunction(someProtocolVariable: String?) {
self.someProtocolVariable = someProtocolVariable
}
}
The difference in function arguments String in prototype and String? in extension caused Segmentation Fault 11.
In Xcode 7, you can click on the error in the Debug Navigator and you'll be shown an expanded view of the crashes. Clicking on the hamburger button on the right expands the error, and if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the expanded error message, you will see where it comes from.
For me, I had two of those segmentation fault errors. In the picture above, the first one is what it looks like when collapsed, the second is when you expand the hamburger button. At the very bottom of the expanded gray box, you'll see a message that says where the compiler crashed.
Note however that the error message may at times be not informative enough, so while it tells you where it crashed, it doesn't always say why and how to fix it. Getting rid of this error is still very much a matter of guesswork.
I had this error too, and I fixed it like this:
Check your project and find out which files are used twice and remove one, or delete and re-add them all.
Errors in my Xcode:
:0: error: filename "AttributedString.swift" used twice:
'/Users/.../CNJOB/CNJOB/AttributedString.swift' and
'/Users/.../CNJOB/CNJOB/AttributedString.swift'
:0: note: filenames are used to distinguish private
declarations with the same name
:0: error: filename "APIClient.swift" used twice:
'/Users/.../CNJOB/CNJOB/APIClient.swift' and
'/Users/.../CNJOB/CNJOB/APIClient.swift'
:0: note: filenames are used to distinguish private
declarations with the same name
Command /Applications/Xcode
3.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/swiftc
failed with exit code 1
I’ve discovered a simple workaround until the problem is fixed in a future Xcode/Swift build:
Simply place all extensions causing the issue in the .swift file that it’s being used.
In the example project you provided, place the contents of UIViewExtension.swift and CALayerExtension.swift above AppDelegate.swift
Hopefully this can get us to write working Swift code until the problem’s cleared up.
As for me, adding private to static var fixed clang crash:
private static var taskId = 0
I had a compiler segmentation fault on a statement like this:
someFunction(isFlagged ? "String1" : "String2")
I just did a if-else statement instead and it works.
This typically happens when the compiler does not have enough information (despite what you think) to guarantee/determine the state of a statement or a variable within a statement.
For example, imagine you have a dictionary of type [String: String] which you populate with city names as keys and a comma separated list of corresponding zip codes/post codes.
Imagine that somewhere in your code you want to update the list of corresponding codes:
myDict[town] += newZipCode + ","
In this case, the compiler will respond with segmentation fault as town might not be in the dictionary and therefore it cannot guarantee that the above statement will have a valid value.
To resolve this, you should store the current state of myDict[town] in a separate variable allowing you to handle the case of key not in dict and then update the value for the given key:
myDict[town] = guaranteedValue + "," newZipCode + ","
Unfortunately, it is not always straightforward to determine the root cause so I hope this simple example helps.
You can also have this problem if you declare a condition with an unwrapped Bool as a property
In my case, a misplaced colon during string interpolation broke mine (XCode 6.1.1).
Example:
println("\(value1:value2)")
when I meant to do:
println("\(value1) : \(value2)")
This error happened to me when I tried to override weak variable from parent class.
In base class:
weak var stripeViewDelegate : StripeViewDelegate? = nil
Derived class:
override weak var stripeViewDelegate : StripeViewDelegate? = nil {
didSet {
self.stripeView.delegate = stripeViewDelegate
}
The error disappeared when I removed =nil from derived class.
I catch some exception today
class func createByAny(instance: Any?) -> ApiCollectionResponse { ... }
and this solved it:
class func createByAny(instance: Any) -> ApiCollectionResponse { ... }
Because "Any" type is any type event "nil", "AnyObject", optional, ... :)
It is cannot be optional, it is already optional.
typealias Any = protocol<>
This error happens also if you accidentally declare a variable with a type matching its name:
var sectionGroup: sectionGroup? { ... }
Ran into this error because of an extraneous generic type on an operator function, e.g.
func ==<T>(lhs: Foo, rhs: Foo) -> Bool {
return lhs.bar == rhs.bar
}
In my case, removing <T> resolved the issue.
In my case I had declared a struct inside a func. Moving the struct to class level solved the issue.
Now that I write this I remember having had issues with struct inside funcs before. It was something else than the segmentation fault (which seems to become notorious with the Swift 1.2 beta). OMG Apple, what are you doing there?
In my case, this error because I use Class name for variable
var MYClass : MYClass {
get {
return.....
}
}
And this fixes my problem
var myClass : MYClass {
get {
return.....
}
}
Im my case, this happened when I did incorrect static initialization in a protocol. I found a way to get around, but a compiler should never produce a segmentation fault while building.
There are three files involved. A protocol NamedSegues.swift, a custom TableViewController that among other things implements the protocol which contains a callback, a custom TableViewCell that holds reference to this protocol to call the callback.
//file1
import Foundation
protocol NamedSegues {
func executeSegueWithId(id: String) -> Void
static func getDefault() -> NamedSegues // This was required because of init requirement in CustomCellView
}
//file2
class CustomController: UITableViewController, NamedSegues {
override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("CustomCellID", forIndexPath: indexPath ) as! CustomCellView
// Configure the cell...
//App logic...
cell.parent = self
}
//Mark: NamedSegues
func executeSegueWithId(id: String) ->() {
NSLog("Received callback to execute segue: \(id)")
//
}
static func getDefault() -> NamedSegues { // I think this must be where it threw up.
return self as! NamedSegues
}
}
//file3
import UIKit
class CustomCellView: UITableViewCell {
var id: String = "NoName"
var parent: NamedSegues = NamedSegues.getDefault() // This is where it was needed.
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<NSObject>, withEvent event: UIEvent) {
NSLog("Touched id: \(id)")
parent.executeSegueWithId(id) // This is where parent was used.
}
}
I got around it by using ?
In the protocol file, file1: delete the declaration of getDefault()
In the CustomController file2: delete the implementation of getDefault.
In the CustomCellView, file3:
var parent: NamedSegues?
...
parent?.executeSegueWithId(id)
The compiler should have caught this and given some error message instead of throwing a segmentation fault during build!
Seems like the Swift 2 compiler might not have been quite ready for prime-time! In case this helps anyone, I was getting a segmentation fault: 11 due to a mismatch with the variable type in a closure header, specifically in a Parse method, PFQuery.query.findObjectsInBackgroundWithBlock.
You can see the issue in more detail here:
https://github.com/ParsePlatform/Parse-SDK-iOS-OSX/issues/280
Like #Fjohn said, this was an issue related to unwrapping an optional for me (broke in both Xcode 7.0 beta 6 and Xcode 7). In my case, I was not unwrapping optional of the optional (what tipped me off was double ?? in the descriptor. Using if let solved the issue
As others wrote above, for me this happened when I'm using an extension over a protocol but the signature of methods in the protocol don't match the implementations in an extension.
In my case, I had added a new parameter to the implementation (in the extension) but forgot to also add it to the method's signature in the protocol.
in my case, I tried to add a function parameter after a variadic parameter.
Reversing parameter sequence and making the variadic parameter the last parameter in the parameter list fixed it.
Swift 3.0 (Xcode 8.1) exhibits this issue when a protocol declares an optional variable, and an implementer implements that variable as a lazy initialised one.
Bug is reported here:
https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-1825
Xcode 8.2.
Adding #nonobjc protocol implementation into extension causing segmentation faults.
Move #nonobjc protocol implementation into class implementation.
In my case the culprit was accidentally overloading a function expecting an array argument with one with a variadic argument:
public required init(_ args: Node...) {
}
When the superclass had it defined as an array:
public required init(_ args: [Node]) {
}
For me the following caused a segfault while type is an optional:
switch type {
case .aType:
// Do Something
default:
break
}
and this solved it:
switch type {
case .Some(.aType):
// Do Something
default:
break
}
I got this error with the following method signature in a custom UITableViewController.
func filterContentForSearchText(searchText: String)
changing to:
func filterContentForSearchText(searchText: String!)
fixed the problem.
I had the same problem in an extension. My extension had two convenience initializers:
convenience init(context: NSManagedObjectContext) {
let entityDescription = NSEntityDescription.entityForName("PropertyEntity", inManagedObjectContext: context)!
self.init(entity: entityDescription, insertIntoManagedObjectContext: context)
}
convenience init(dictionary: NSDictionary, context: NSManagedObjectContext) {
self.init(context: context)
property1 = (dictionary["key"] as? String) ?? ""
// More properties...
}
To get rid of the error I added an instance method map(dictionary: NSDictionary) and the segmentation fault error disappeared.
convenience init(dictionary: NSDictionary, context: NSManagedObjectContext) {
self.init(context: context)
map(dictionary)
}
For me the issue was having my architectures not set to the standard. I had added i386 or something, just set it back to default xcodeproject arch and it compiled fine.
I had the same problem in a swift project. The issue was a function that should have returned an object, but didn't have a return in it. This sort of error used to be signaled while editing with Obj-C. It seems like t isn't the case in Swift.

Can't downcast Swift objects to protocols -- what to do? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Swift Generics issue
(3 answers)
Closed 8 years ago.
I'm trying to write an extension method to Array similar to NSArray's containsObject method. Here's what I tried:
extension Array {
func contains(item: T) -> Bool {
for value in self {
if item == value {
return true
}
}
return false
}
}
I get an error on the line if item == value { that says:
"Could not find an overload for "==" that accepts the supplied arguments."
I tried casting item and value to Equatable before the comparison, but it's not possible to downcast a non-objc object to a protocol
var equatableItem = item as Equatable
The error message is:
"Cannot downcast from 'T' to non-#objc protocol type 'Equatable'"
How would one implement this method in Swift? I'm not interested in using bridgeToObjectiveC and calling containsObject; this is more of an academic question if writing a method such as this is possible in pure Swift.
To add, item as Equatable doesn't work because testing conformance to protocols is only allowed for #objc protocols (which Equatable is not). See Protocols -> Checking for Protocol Conformance in the Swift Programming Language book.
You can check for protocol conformance only if your protocol is marked
with the #objc attribute
The problem is that T is already defined and the Array's definition of T does not conform to Equatable. You can either accomplish what you want by casting, and risking an invalid cast, or you could pass in a delegate where no casting would be required.
Consider modifying like so:
extension Array {
func contains(comparator: (T)->Bool) -> Bool {
for item in self {
if comparator(item) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
}
Example usage:
class Test {
func arrayContains(){
var test: Int[] = [0,1,3,4,5]
//should be true
var exists = test.contains({(item)->Bool in item == 0});
}
}